Professor Detective: The Gentleman Critic

>complain that I can't be a girl in Persona

>"play Shin Megami Tensei, it's much better!"

>try Shin Megami Tensei

There is also Soul Hackers 2, actually by Atlus, where the MC is a gynoid named Ringo. This one is actually closer to Persona, gameplay-wise.

"Oh, the irony of ironies... Pyro!"

*a Flareon trots into direct view*

Saw this and thought of you.

"What if Hat Kid and Bow Kid were rogue Time Lords?"

This will be the most efficient method.

The OTHER big one is being belted with mystic energies (usually from the planes) and being mutated (this also works for planes-touched races like tieflings). Being an escaped alchemy experiment is also on the table.

The Ranger has always suffered from the usual hybrid class problem of just being a crappy version of the Multi-Class they're a hybrid for, specifically Fighter/Druid. It only really hit its stride when 5th Edition completely bastardized multiclassing.

The problem comes in the form of why be a Ranger with all their downsides, when you could be a Fighter/Druid and have none of the downsides?

The Ranger is one of those classes that hasn't survived the "Every Race, Every Class" design philosophy that's always the deathrattle for an RPG, because a Ranger is, ideally, the Elven equivalent of a Paladin. Where humans form knighthoods to protect their cities with an iron fist, Elves have Rangers to protect their forests from invaders.

So a Ranger would ideally be less "Aragorn" and more "Sylvanas Windrunner."

This is why I'm inclined to make Ranger the Elf-exclusive subclass for the Warrior, but that leaves the class to one single class fantasy so I'd have to think of something else.

My class concepts are based on the idea that you pick your subclass at Level 1 and that defines the identity of your character, so the Ranger should ideally have classes that operate the same way.

You get:

The ability to move half your walk speed, as a reaction, if an enemy ends their turn within five feet of you.

Proficiency in Nature and Survival and THEN Expertise (AKA DOUBLE-proficiency) in them.

A 10-foot boost to your walking speed and to your climbing/swimming speed, if you have those.

Advantage on initiative rolls and advantage on the SECOND attack you make on the FIRST guy you hit in a round.

A second, Bonus Action, attack per turn that can also be a Sneak Attack.

The Scout (usually as a Wood Elf with the Outlander background, from what I hear) gets most of the way there for a lot of folks (including me) without being as situational as the actual Ranger. Though, also without the spellcasting.

Proficiency in Nature and Survival and THEN Expertise (AKA DOUBLE-proficiency) in them. A 10-foot boost to your walking speed and to your climbing/swimming speed, if you have those. Advantage on initiative rolls and advantage on the SECOND attack you make on the FIRST guy you hit in a round.

Why does 5th Edition have such shitty fucking class abilities? Not even specialization in a skill, just proficiency. It's like how Barbarian rage gives you -2 Thaco, and I'm just like... wow, that's so fucking bad.

Are we talking "getting to do things with a skill others can't" or "getting a bonus when using a skill in a specific way"?

The Ranger has always suffered from the usual hybrid class problem of just being a crappy version of the Multi-Class they're a hybrid for, specifically Fighter/Druid. It only really hit its stride when 5th Edition completely bastardized multiclassing.

The problem comes in the form of why be a Ranger with all their downsides, when you could be a Fighter/Druid and have none of the downsides?

The Ranger is one of those classes that hasn't survived the "Every Race, Every Class" design philosophy that's always the deathrattle for an RPG, because a Ranger is, ideally, the Elven equivalent of a Paladin. Where humans form knighthoods to protect their cities with an iron fist, Elves have Rangers to protect their forests from invaders.

So a Ranger would ideally be less "Aragorn" and more "Sylvanas Windrunner."

This is why I'm inclined to make Ranger the Elf-exclusive subclass for the Warrior, but that leaves the class to one single class fantasy so I'd have to think of something else.

My class concepts are based on the idea that you pick your subclass at Level 1 and that defines the identity of your character, so the Ranger should ideally have classes that operate the same way.

You get:

The ability to move half your walk speed, as a reaction, if an enemy ends their turn within five feet of you.

Proficiency in Nature and Survival and THEN Expertise (AKA DOUBLE-proficiency) in them.

A 10-foot boost to your walking speed and to your climbing/swimming speed, if you have those.

Advantage on initiative rolls and advantage on the SECOND attack you make on the FIRST guy you hit in a round.

A second, Bonus Action, attack per turn that can also be a Sneak Attack.

The Scout (usually as a Wood Elf with the Outlander background, from what I hear) gets most of the way there for a lot of folks (including me) without being as situational as the actual Ranger. Though, also without the spellcasting.